Vintage Coffee Table Goes Beachy Milk Painted

Solid wood vintage coffee table, yes please!! Especially once updated in fresh beachy colors.

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Step one: SCRUB WELL and let dry!

This solid wood beauty was given to me by a neighbor who was downsizing her stash, thanks Cara. I knew it had loads of possibility as I have done a few similar vintage coffee tables like it. A recent one in farmhouse whites and this one below many moons ago.

Step two: sand all the old finish off the top.

The top was sanded to bare wood using my handy dandy Dewalt orbital sander .

It was then hand sanded on the edges to remove the old finish along there as well.

My initial plan was to give the bare wood a white wash look. I chose Weatherwood Stains white maintenance oil applied with a blue shop towel and wiped back after it soaked in for about 10 minutes. The top part has the oil applied, it hydrates the wood too. Two coats were applied and left moving on to the base.

The base was painted in Miss Mustard Seed's  Marzipan. One coat above and 2 coats below.

NOTE: There was an area that I had filled using DAP wood pro-x wood filler below

But seeing it has a pink indicator that shows when wet, the milk paint reactivated it after it dried to a wood tone. To resolve this I sprayed a few coats of Zinsser Bull’s Eye spray shellac . In the future though I would use regular DAP wood pro wood colored to avoid this issue.

To add more dimension but keep in the light beachy tones, Homestead House milk paint in limestone was brushed all over the marzipan.

Then all layers were sanded smooth with a sanding sponge as well as the edges and detailing distressed. Then the entire base was clear waxed using Homestead House Wax.

I felt the top was too orangy even with the white oil so needed a plan b. Using the Homestead House milk paint in limestone a wash over top was applied then sanded.

Another wash of Miss Mustard Seed's in shutter grey was applied and sanded as well.  Then I mixed a black milk paint I had in the fridge with the shutter grey and brushed a more solid coat on.

Using my spray mister as I went to blend all the milk paint layers really helps.

This is the wet layers.

Once dry the top was sanded smooth with a sanding sponge.

The original hardware was scrubbed and dried.

Krylon spray paint in oil rubbed bronze was sprayed on them.

However it was too dark for the beachy look so another plan b was in order.

The top was given another coat of Weatherwood Stains white maintenance oil then left to dry for over 72 hours. Two coats of Weatherwood Stains satin conversion varnish was applied to give a durable finish to this vintage coffee table.

Plan b for the hardware was Krylon satin nickel which looked so much better.

To give added dimension to the base, Homestead House Wax black wax was applied to all the edges, nooks and crannies as well as Miss Mustard Seed's zinc wax.

I LOVE the plan B top!! Do you?

I did not have appropriate baskets in color or size but think proper ones would look great.

July 28, 2020

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